Printers Working Double Shift by E. R. Palmer, Manager.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 11, 1914

Printers Working Double Shift

By E. R. Palmer, Manager.

THESE are busy days at the Review and Herald Office. Our employees, while not enjoying the privilege of distributing very much literature from house to house, are nevertheless working most earnestly to turn out promptly and efficiently what is called for by the workers in the field. For several months it has been necessary to employ a double shift in our pressroom. Four of the cylinder presses are running daily from 5:30 A. M. to 10:30 P. M. The work in the pressroom is now equal to nine cylinder presses working eight hours a day. All these presses are turning out our own literature only.

All departments of the work are prospering, but the demand for magazines is especially heavy. We have already sold 325,000 copies of the Temperance Instructor, 60,000 copies more than were sold all last year. This number meets with special favor, and promises a great sale before the year's work is done.

During the past six months we have sold 238,000 copies of the Protestant Magazine, or 36,000 copies more than were sold all last year. Sixteen carloads of paper, a total of 304 tons, have been used during the past nine months, and five carloads, about 88 tons, have been ordered for delivery before August 1. This does not include the many tons of paper ordered in less than carload lots. All are working together to the utmost of their ability to supply the needs of a rapidly growing work, and daily, in our office departments, we remember in our prayers the workers in the field.

E. R. Palmer, Manager.